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Plot Summary:
San Diego radio host Dave Rickards is accused of stealing his partner's encyclopedia, triggering a comedic misadventure co-starring Bob Costas, Dom Irrera, Doug Flutie, Davy Jones, Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Don Rickles. Along the way you are treated to spectacular shots of San Diego County, bizarre secret meetings, real-life flashbacks, radio station politics, conspiracy theories, parties, sporting events, live comedy, and homages to such classic films as "All the President's Men", "The Godfather", and "Office Space". Written by Jules Hypenstein.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Goofballs (1987)
Plot Summary:
Another entry in the Canadian "Balls" comedy era, this time set in a golf resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, independent film, neo screwball comedy
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Idol (2006)
Plot Summary:
Farce about the casting of a gay actor in a gay role on a television series which had previously been played by a straight man. When the original star of a fictional gay-themed action series called "Espionage" unexpectedly dies, network executives go looking for a new actor. They cast Kerry Mitchell (Scott Victor Nelson), unknown, but also openly gay. They spin the idea of an openly gay actor playing a gay role is something new and refreshing. As Kerry gets prepared for the media onslaught, he is also hiding something which could ruin everything! Also starring Matthew Jett Schaefer and Gabrielle Docktor in this independent "mocumentary" style film co-written and co-directed by Mike Heim and Christopher Long.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary, independent film, queer cinema, documentary filmmaking
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Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981)
Plot Summary:
Savino La Gastra discovers his wife Celeste has a liaison with an architect: Andrea. Even if also Savino has a story with Elvira, a judge's wife, he decides anyway to ask to a mobster to kill his wife. In the mean time Celeste is organizing a surprise party for Savino's birthday, and that day things start to get complicated. First Savino kills accidentally the mafia killer in charge to kill Celeste; second his lover Elvira arrives to the party with the judge... not to mention the police and the mafia Don.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, surprise ending
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A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Plot Summary:
Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, captivating, realistic, semi serious, parody, funny, light, sexy, political
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Screwball Academy (1986)
Plot Summary:
Foxy filmmaker Liberty Jean and her movie company arrive at Wagatno Beach to film a torrid movie called "Say Cheese", going against the wishes of the puritanical Church of the Divine Light, leading all hell to break loose. The church's phony leader Bishop Wally plans to lead a holy war of the highly religious against the trashy film. That's when a bumbling gang of thugs are hired to sabotage the production whenever they can. How will the film crew get out of this one?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Squeeze Play (1979)
Plot Summary:
The girlfriends of softball players decide to form their own team as a way of avenging their neglect.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, grindhouse, sensual, teen sex comedy, surprise ending, independent film, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Reno Sheriff’s Department find themselves in their stickiest situation yet, hunting down “Q," the person supposedly behind all of the conspiracy theories concocted by the QAnon movement. In their valiant efforts, the officers find themselves stuck at the QAnon convention at sea, and ultimately end up in more trouble when they escape only to discover that they’ve landed on Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous island.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious, parody, funny
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The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo (2007)
Plot Summary:
What if there was a primitive island tribe where all the women were gorgeous and all the men were nasty-looking uggos? Might Mother Nature fix this by creating a tribe on a nearby island where all the men are hunks, and the women are brutes? You’d think not, but the makers of Wild Women of Wongo are not you. Wild Women of Wongo is a sex farce without the sex or the farce, set in a never-never land of uncivilized island dwellers who all look like someone going to a Halloween party as “uncivilized island dweller.” Add a crocodile who comes in the form of stock footage and rubber model, a lot of awkward dancing, and an actress named “Adrienne Bourbeau” who refuses to actually be Adrienne Barbeau, and you got yourself a movie. Mike, Kevin and Bill will DANCE their way into your hearts with this riff.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Martin goes on an adventure with his 3 friends, Ballsy, Felcher and Bungle f*ck. Their mission? To travel to Hollywood to get Martin's movie made. Follow the awesome foursome as they encounter crocogators, Gangsters, Pirates, AIDS and many other hilarious obstacles.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy
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Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood (2015)
Plot Summary:
Previously unseen stand-up comedy by Jeff Dunham. Sketches include popular characters. Brad Paisley performs too! Special appearances by comic Chris Parnell and former UFC champion Chuck Liddell.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical, semi serious
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Wheels of Fortune (2020)
Plot Summary:
To claim a big inheritance, a down-on-his-luck mechanic must win a series of competitions as outlined in his birth father's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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Trashology (2012)
Plot Summary:
College student Tracy (Laura Lee Black) has just received an assignment to write a report on her favorite film genre. In her research she discovers a book, now Tracy is taken into three interlocking tales of the unexpected. First in THE VAT, two women (Jenny Coulter / Rodney Horn) are harassed by a religious fanatic (Angie Keeling) about their worldly ways. When the bible thumping hypocrite threatens violence, chaos takes it's toll. Next in BIG DEBBIE, a robust woman (Rodney Horn) is abandoned at the altar, she runs into two guys that use her to fulfill their odd sexual fetish. When one accidentally dies, they're forced to get rid of the body... the only problem: a woman on the edge (Rachel Stout) witnesses the ditching and blackmails them into killing her cheating girlfriend (Kelli Ellis). Finally in INGLOURIOUS BITCHES, a quirky pair of female vigilantes (Douglas Conner / Brian Dorton) use an app on a cellphone to track down and murder sex offenders.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016)
Plot Summary:
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, fun
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Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (2018)
Plot Summary:
In her first special since 2003, Ellen revisits her road to stardom and details the heartfelt -- and hilarious -- lessons she's learned along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious, inspirational
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Wild Girls Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the Spring Break capital of White Sands, Florida, Sheriff Terry Moran outlaws the town's world famous ass contests to win the elderly vote in his campaign for Mayor - even though he is married to the town's former Ass Contest Queen, Doreen. Unhappy with how her husband is changing, Doreen breaks out of her bored drunk housewife existence to recapture her youth and to subvert her husband's campaign.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, alternative comedy
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Dealin' with Idiots (2013)
Plot Summary:
Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, not serious, funny, offbeat, cynical, independent film, biting, suspense
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Radio Day (2008)
Plot Summary:
One (and not the most easy one) day from the life of a big Moscow radio station.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom, buddy comedy
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Who's the Caboose? (1997)
Plot Summary:
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to follow her as she makes the circuit of auditions in L.A. as she tries to get a TV pilot. Unfortunately, she has failed to tell her boyfriend of this move. He decides he will trail her out west. There, the boyfriend runs into an old friend who has already made a break on a TV pilot. Seizing the opportunity, the actress turns her attentions to the established actor. However, the actress goes nowhere in auditions, but her ex-boyfriend is suddenly noticed and becomes the next hot prospect.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, documentary filmmaking, fake documentary
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Protocol (1984)
Plot Summary:
Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political, light, happy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, sexy
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The Bubble (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel while quarantining at a posh hotel.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: funny, suspense, surprise ending, metafiction, humorous, fun
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The Muse (1999)
Plot Summary:
What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to satisfy this goddess, especially when her advice gets him going again on a sure-fire script. However, this is not the limit of her help, she also gets the writer's wife (MacDowell) going on her own bakery enterprise, much to the chagrin of Brooks, who has already had to make many personal sacrifices for his own help.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: satirical, funny, light, feel good, surprise ending, clever, humorous, witty, inspirational, captivating
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Da Block Party (2004)
Plot Summary:
One hot summer day in New Orleans, BJ (Troy Anders) tries to keep his deceased brother's legacy alive by throwing the hottest, rip-roaring block party of the summer. But he has a few obstacles to overcome first, one jealous baby-mamma and a crooked cop trying to sabotage the whole event.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, hood, independent film
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Thieves (2015)
Plot Summary:
Alejandro Toledo comes out of his retirement from crime to help a community reclaim land stolen from them by a beautiful but ruthless businesswoman and her clan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Dominican Republic
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Slumber Party (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Naomi, a fine, young sexy thing from South Central LA is invited to Palm Springs by her rich Uncle Bob to house sit for the weekend, she jumps at the chance to get out of the hood.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film, black comedy
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Dirty 30 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lifelong friends Kate, Evie and Charlie are in a rut. Kate spends her days at a middling job and her nights alone or on failed dates. Evie is married with the in-laws from hell, wandering from one charitable cause to the next. Charlie has the girl of her dreams but just can’t seem to pull her business (or her act) together. On the eve of Kate’s 30th birthday, she agrees to let Evie and Charlie throw her a party. But what’s supposed to be a simple celebration becomes a wild who’s who of past and present, and things quickly spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Walking with Herb (2021)
Plot Summary:
Joe Amable-Amo is a bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with growing doubts about himself, his purpose, and his belief in God, Joe is stunned when he receives a message from God on his computer screen telling him that he’s been chosen to inspire the world and play in a world championship golf tournament. Guided by God’s eccentric personal messenger, Herb, Joe learns that the seemingly impossible is possible…through faith, family, and second chances.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Dave Chappelle: The Closer (2021)
Plot Summary:
As he closes out his slate of comedy specials, Dave takes the stage to try and set the record straight — and get a few things off his chest.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, semi serious, funny, non fiction
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The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
A workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed small town to dig up a story when she finds herself in the middle of cut-throat housewives, a high-stakes “Winter Ball” competition, and a sinister plot that could destroy Christmas fore-evah!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, christmas special, queer cinema, corny
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Surprise Me! (2017)
Plot Summary:
What if pain was merely a set up for the ultimate surprise party? Genie Burns, owner of Surprise Enterprise, masterminds off the wall surprise parties in nobody would-suspect-it locations. Here she takes crazy risks but in her love life, she plays it safe. Her partner Steven, who hilariously calls her out on every issue she owns, is gay which makes him safe. Danny, her friend from college would be perfect for her but she keeps him in the friend zone. Along comes Jeff, everything she avoids, but his charm and depth draw her in. Is he the right one because he challenges her fears, or the wrong one because he implodes them?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Office Space (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 283000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, funny, clever, humorous, hilarious, feel good, absurd, witty, inspirational